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Openai has an interview with up to $ 40 billion in the funding circle that would increase artificial intelligence assessment to as much as $ 340 billion, CNBC confirmed.
Softbank Masayoshi Son would run a circle, contributing between $ 15 billion and $ 25 billion, according to two people familiar with negotiations that they asked not to be appointed because conversations were ongoing. Softbank would surpass Microsoft As an Openii -ov upper support.
AND Wall Street Journal He first reported on conversations.
Part of financing can be used for Openi -is a dedication to Stargate, a joint investment between SoftBank, Openi -ai Prophet He introduced it President Donald Trump Last week, sources said. The plan requires a billion dollar in the American AI infrastructure.
Openai was last estimated at $ 157 billion by private investors. At the end of 2022, the company launched its Chatgpt Chatbot and started a boom in the generative AI. Open Closed the latest round of $ 6.6 billion in OctoberPreparing aggressively competing Elon Musk Xai as well as Microsoft, Google,, Amazon and anthrop.
In the meantime, the Chinese startup laboratory Deepseek blows in the US, presenting fresh competition of Openii. Deepseek saw his app soar to the top Apple cider APP Store Rankings and sorted US markets this week at reports that his powerful model was dressed in a fraction of US competitors.
At the Washington event, DC, on Thursday hosted by OpenAI, executive director Sam Altman said Deepseek is “obviously a great model”.
“This is a reminder of the level of competition and the need to win the democratic al,” he said. He said this also indicates “the level of interest in reasoning, the level of interest in an open source.”
WATCH: Openai in conversations to collect up to $ 40 billion in the funding circle
